Treehouse Quick Tips (HD)

In this Treehouse Quick-Tip, Jason Seifer shows you how to use the [Select2 Plugin](http://ivaynberg.github.io/select2/) with Ruby on Rails. Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results.

In this Treehouse Quick Tip, Andrew Chalkley will take you through an example using jQuery's Smooth Scrolling on a FAQ page.

Ever sketch something in pencil and want to transform it to digital art with lines of varying thickness? In this Treehouse Quick Tip, teacher Mat Helme will show you how to create a thick to thin line character illustration in Adobe Illustrator. This technique is just one of many techniques used when illustrating.

What's an SVG, and why do I have to use it? SVG, or Scalable Vector Graphics, are very small in file size and are great for retina displays. Vector graphics have an advantage over pixel formats like .gif or .jpg as they don't deal with resolution. SVGs can scale to any size and not lose clarity. All SVGs are usually smaller in file size than raster graphics.

Treehouse Illustrator teacher Mat Helme will help you get started saving resolution independent SVG files in this Treehouse Quick Tip.

In this Treehouse Quick Tip, Jason demystifies the concepts behind what a has many :through association is in Ruby on Rails. We'll figure out what a join table is, how different models fit together, and the syntax needed to make it all work. Score one for Treehouse!

jQuery, a framework written in JavaScript, offers a simple way to add behavior to websites using the same CSS selectors web developers are familiar with. In other words, you can write less, and do more! Treehouse jQuery teacher Andrew will help you get started with jQuery in this Treehouse Quick Tip.

Have you ever wanted to give a text field in Photoshop an unusual shape? In this Treehouse Quick Tip, Photoshop teacher Allison demonstrates how to bend and curve a text field into whatever shape you need!

Writing a business plan has many uses. You will really understand if your idea is feasible, and forces you to think about your company's future in detail.

You'll have a much better idea if your business will work, and if you really want to move forward and actually start the business.

In this Special Firefox OS Treehouse Quick Tip, we discuss building web apps.

In this Firefox OS Treehouse Quick Tip, Jim discusses Firefox's Web Apps Manifest.